Random thoughts from an Internet Island…Tumblr (3.0; @thesmallwave2)http://thesmallwave2.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d816b0dd9d21ea6b31f01d5b9036de56/tumblr_mnae4fT1TO1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treestman/8799689729/" title="Moonlight Cafe.">Moonlight Cafe.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51206385354http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51206385354Thu, 23 May 2013 22:05:03 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/838edf593ced39fda7447af65f83a9d4/tumblr_mn8krkiW9z1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Each year, this park is flooded with crystal clear snowmelt.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51130981459http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51130981459Wed, 22 May 2013 22:33:20 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b34ed621ae76c6c03782bd3f6feaa44/tumblr_mn8fuatAGG1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <div> <p>“Wearing a pair of surgical gloves Scott now paints exclusively with her fingers bringing an impressionistic sense of color and texture to all of her paintings.”</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.planet-viral.com/2013/05/oil-finger-paintings-by-iris-scott.html">Source</a></p> <p>Beautiful stuff. </p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51124958783http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51124958783Wed, 22 May 2013 20:46:00 -0700artpainting<a href="http://making.fiftythree.com/a-closer-look-at-zoom">A closer look at zoom.</a>: <blockquote> <p>In a broader sense, we wanted to create a tool that works the way people do when they draw.</p> </blockquote> <p>Interesting look at the creation of the Zoom tool in FiftyThree’s Paper app.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51097757955http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51097757955Wed, 22 May 2013 14:50:00 -0700<a href="https://medium.com/meta/503b9c22080b">The New York Times Told Me to Take This Down</a>: <blockquote> <p>It’s an unreasonable and baffling request for the New York Times to tell us to take down this statement. A statement of fact about a company is not a copyright infringement.</p> </blockquote>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51052084719http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51052084719Tue, 21 May 2013 22:32:47 -0700““Tell me one of these politicians up here who doesn’t minimize their taxes.””<br/><br/> - <em>Senator Rand Paul</em>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51021285876http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51021285876Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:55 -0700<blockquote> <p>McCain to Cook: &#8220;Why do I keep having to update apps on my iPhone?&#8221;</p> <div>— Jim Roberts (@nycjim)</div> <div><a href="https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/336877541384134656">May 21, 2013</a></div> </blockquote> <p>And these people are investigating <em>Apple</em>? Seems to me they&#8217;re the ones that should be investigated.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51002534583http://thesmallwave2.com/post/51002534583Tue, 21 May 2013 11:19:00 -0700<a href="http://www.marco.org/2013/05/20/one-person-product">The One-Person Product</a>: <blockquote> <div>“David has an impeccable sense of what’s best for Tumblr, and he doesn’t need anyone else telling him what’s best for the product. Many people, myself included, have tried to convince him to go different directions, and we’ve been proven wrong every time.”</div> </blockquote> <div></div> <p>Given that Marco was one of the two-man team that developed Tumblr the first few years, he should know.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/50964478732http://thesmallwave2.com/post/50964478732Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93e99ec3bb3fa306bec0e8ecb226dbe3/tumblr_mmeasxyFCX1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Things come apart, Macintosh version.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49799020208http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49799020208Mon, 06 May 2013 14:10:09 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c63def5acc084b203f591717115be071/tumblr_mme9jwiO141qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Muted flower.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49796924507http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49796924507Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:08 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a25b571470ed01edd3cdf990a4ddc4ce/tumblr_mm01sgWyY91qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A transparent butterfly.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49157437270http://thesmallwave2.com/post/49157437270Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:29:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c4fde1c2aa612c73b6e9a51faf6507c/tumblr_mlqmrnfKeL1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Their captured images and video present a rarely seen point of view of this natural and extremely dangerous occurrence that leaves one baffled by their tranquility.”</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48744548386http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48744548386Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:26:11 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a4321e0b5da6dbe31d44e0c2581cc9f/tumblr_mlk8xbCK9p1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lenticular Clouds.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48443351476http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48443351476Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:41:35 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/abb475fc7d243a0160f0958f7616efab/tumblr_mlda2yz8VM1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Marcin Sobas has a body of work that speaks to a photography maxim: Nature is still the best subject.”</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48145398417http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48145398417Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:23:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f73715c3aa3891881abdeddc2b28705b/tumblr_mld8qdqR0p1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Florida it’s about the <i>shade</i>, not the distance.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48143236986http://thesmallwave2.com/post/48143236986Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:54:13 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0d190e199d72dcc5ffff9b3768355822/tumblr_ml7sqxNB3x1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Underground rainbow.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47899631125http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47899631125Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:20:56 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e29e587dd7cd1b18d2892dc8da72e101/tumblr_ml4hyoYV0u1qzk6eto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2013/03/boekhandel-selexyz-dominicanen-800-year-old-church-most-beautiful-bookshop-in-world/">World’s Most Beautiful Bookshop.</a>)</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47756734002http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47756734002Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:35:11 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/15265deb0149d05262988bb650f665c5/tumblr_mklu09xRad1rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://exp.lore.com/post/46900401798/ah-yes-flowcharting-the-book-lovers-dilemma" class="tumblr_blog">The book lover’s dilemma</a>.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47321231197http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47321231197Sat, 06 Apr 2013 17:39:00 -0700<p>Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> Why do you move so slowly? <br/> You move so fast till last percent, <br/> But then goes all my patience, spent. <br/> Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> Why do you move so slowly?</p> <p>Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> Why do you give such heartache? <br/> A fly-by through first 99, <br/> But that last one is never mine. <br/> Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> Why do you give such heartache?</p> <p>Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> You lie with every pixel. <br/> You offer up a blazing trend, <br/> Then creep so slowly at the end. <br/> Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> You lie with every pixel.</p> <p>Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> I’ve had it with your bullshit. <br/> You make me think you’re nearly done, <br/> And then just stop, now meet my gun! <br/> Oh progress bar, oh progress bar <br/> I’ve had it with your bullshit.</p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47197926289http://thesmallwave2.com/post/47197926289Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:10:00 -0700poemhumor<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b989aa71125519b306c1a49bd71dc87/tumblr_mkmsdecUCN1qzk6eto1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thirty-three <a href="http://imgur.com/a/D9iDC?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co">beautiful abandoned places.</a></p>http://thesmallwave2.com/post/46935883717http://thesmallwave2.com/post/46935883717Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:03:00 -0700